In contrast to its eloquent subjects, director P.J. Raval's documentary about Trinidad, Colorado — the "Sex Change Capital of the World" — seems uncertain about its aspirations. The film makes a good start as it establishes how the Catholic hamlet acquired its title. It also introduces three transgendered residents, one of them the new doctor in town, who's "an artist" first and surgeon second (close-ups of vaginas she's "sculpted" support this). The stories of the women' and their kids are moving, but the portrait lacks narrative tension and, thus, focus. In addition to the expected Bible Belt bigots, the filmmakers drop in bloody footage of genital-reassignment surgery without much elucidation (what is that big piece of skin?) and show us banal squabbles. The result vacillates between revelation and reality-show shtick.

Review: Nollywood Babylon You may have never heard of Living in Bondage , Desperate Billionaire , or any other works coming out of Nigeria's exploding homegrown film scene, but Nollywood has become the world's third-largest movie industry.

REVIEW: FRIENDS WITH KIDS | March 08, 2012 There are only so many baggy vagina jokes one can take. And writer/director Jennifer Westfeldt's disappointing film about how parenthood changes a Manhattan circle of friends has its share.

REVIEW: YOUNG ADULT | December 13, 2011 A baby, a high school, and esoteric pop culture references once again figure prominently — albeit less glibly — in director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody's first re-teaming since Juno.

REVIEW: A DOLPHIN TALE | September 20, 2011 Winter the dolphin gamely plays herself in this loose re-telling of her fight for survival after a crab trap mangles her tail.